"Off the straight path" : illicit sex, law, and community in Ottoman Aleppo /
Semerdjian, Elyse.
"Off the straight path" : illicit sex, law, and community in Ottoman Aleppo / Elyse Semerdjian. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2008. - xxxviii, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East . - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index.
Zina in Islamic legal discourse -- Zina in Ottoman law -- People and court : policing public morality in the streets of Aleppo -- Prostitutes, soldiers, and the people : monitoring morality through customary law -- In harm's way : domestic violence and rape in the Shari'a courts of Aleppo.
0815631731 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780815631736 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Adultery (Islamic law)
Fornication (Islamic law)
Rape (Islamic law)
Domestic relations (Islamic law)
Customary law (Islamic law)--Syria--Aleppo.
Punishment (Islamic law)
"Off the straight path" : illicit sex, law, and community in Ottoman Aleppo / Elyse Semerdjian. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2008. - xxxviii, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East . - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index.
Zina in Islamic legal discourse -- Zina in Ottoman law -- People and court : policing public morality in the streets of Aleppo -- Prostitutes, soldiers, and the people : monitoring morality through customary law -- In harm's way : domestic violence and rape in the Shari'a courts of Aleppo.
0815631731 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780815631736 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Adultery (Islamic law)
Fornication (Islamic law)
Rape (Islamic law)
Domestic relations (Islamic law)
Customary law (Islamic law)--Syria--Aleppo.
Punishment (Islamic law)
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